The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1938
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
3:13 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.66° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.37° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.